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Pope's Hill Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West

Explore Pope's Hill, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pope's Hill map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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PlacePope's Hill
Traditional CountyGloucestershire
District / BoroughForest of Dean
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.828820
Longitude-2.459512
Place TypeVillage

About Pope's Hill

Pope's Hill commands a modest elevation where the rugged character of the Forest of Dean softens into the verdant slopes of the Severn Vale. It lies 1.7 miles east of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 80°T, OS grid SO 684 145), and is situated west-north-west of Elton village. Rising sharply to the west, Chestnuts Hill acts as a silent sentinel, its crest catching the fleeting amber light that defines the late afternoon across these rolling Gloucestershire heights. The landscape here retains a quiet, industrious dignity, bearing the subtle marks of a region long shaped by the extraction of minerals and the deep, enduring pulse of the woodland. To the north-east, the expansive grounds of Flaxley Abbey offer a serene counterpoint to the steep, irregular inclines that characterise the local topography. Residents of Pope's Hill move through a terrain where the horizon is perpetually fractured by the silhouettes of ancient earthworks and the brooding presence of dense, encroaching timber. The air carries a crisp, unadorned clarity, sharpened by the prevailing winds that sweep across the high ground from the nearby Welshbury Hillfort. Life in Pope's Hill remains tethered to these physical realities, where the changing seasons dictate the mood of the fields and the slow, rhythmic transformation of the valley below.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Chestnuts Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 264° W
  • Hangman's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 020° NNE
  • Flaxley Abbey (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.6 mi, 040° NE · 38 ha
  • Welshbury Hillfort And Associated Earthworks (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 325° NW · 11 ha
  • Little Dean Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 211° SSW
  • Littledean Jail (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 235° SW
  • Gunns Mills Furnace (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 328° NNW
  • Flaxley Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 1.1 mi, 007° N
  • Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 215° SW
  • Edgehills Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.3 mi, 304° NW
  • Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 027° NNE
  • Horsepool Bottom (Valley) — 1.5 mi, 319° NW
  • The Palace (Cinema) — 1.7 mi, 257° WSW
  • Millennium Marker (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 160° SSE
  • Pimlico Sand (Wetland) — 1.9 mi, 119° ESE
  • Blaize Bailey Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 207° SSW
  • Cinderford Brook (River) — 2.2 mi, 253° WSW
  • Westbury Court (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.2 mi, 102° ESE · 2 ha
  • Westbury Court Garden (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 101° ESE
  • Dry Brook (River) — 2.3 mi, 286° WNW
  • Soudley Ponds (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 212° SSW
  • Tides Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 223° SW
  • Saint Augustines Working Farm (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 146° SE
  • Dean Heritage Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 207° SSW
  • Woorgreens Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 251° WSW
  • Sir Francis Brain Monument (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 268° W
  • Lea Bailey Light Railway (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 321° NW
  • Rodley Sands (Wetland) — 4.2 mi, 123° ESE
  • Beechenhurst Lodge (Park) — 4.6 mi, 250° WSW
  • New Fancy (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 227° SW

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About This Pope's Hill Map Page

Explore Pope's Hill, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.828820, -2.459512. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.